Fastener for doors and windows



30, I R. B. TAYLOR I I ,1 8,

FASTENER FOR DOORS'AND WINDOWS Filed April 29, 1937 IN VENTOR PatentedAug. 30, 1938 FASTENER FOR BOOKS WINDOWS 7 Raymond B. Taylor, Los Angeles, Calif. 1 Application April 29, 1937; Serial No. 139,721

2 Claims. (01. zip-easy.

My invention relates to a fastening means of a portable type which canbe used for temporarily securing a door or window, and is particularlyuseful in constructions where the doors and windows have been put inplace, but the regular latches, looks, or other permanent fastenerstherefor have not been placed.

The principal object of my invention is toprovide a simple, practicaland extremely economical looking or fastening device which can be usedtemporarily, either for fastening doors from the inside, or it can beused on windows in the same manner, and removed when the permanent locks01 latches are put in place.

A differentiating feature of my invention is a spring holding memberwhich automatically springs out into holding position after beingcompressed to let the door or window frame move past the same.

In order to fully explain my invention, I have shown it on theaccompanying sheet of drawings, which I will now describe.

Figure 1 is an edge view of a fastening device embodying my invention inits normal or holding condition;

Figure 2 is a similar view with the holding member compressed as when adoor is moving past the same;

Figure 3 is a face view looking down on Fig. 1;

Figure 4 is an end view from the left hand end of Fig. 1;

Figure 5 is a sectional view through a door frame and door, showing mydevice in place to hold the door closed; and

Figure 6 is a sectional View through upper and lower window framesshowing how my invention can be used to secure such windows fas-- tenedbefore the latches therefor are put in place.

tion as here illustrated, is made of spring steel, or other suitablemetal, and consists of a straight member I, turned at one end to rightangles and formed into two sharp prongs, 8, which can be struck into thewood of the door frame or window frame, as indicated.

The other end of said member '5 is folded upon itself, as at 9, andextended in an outwardly flaring form, as seen in Fig. l, and bent at anangle, with the end portion thereof reduced in width, as at Ill, andextended through an opening I I, in the main part of the member I, andwith the extreme end portion slightly bent into a hook like portion, asat If. This folded portion, and the reduced end portion, can be com-Referring in detail to the drawing, the inven- I pressed inwardly, orthrough the main member 1, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that theoverlapping portions of the device are close together,

As a means for holding the parts in this compressed condition, I haveprovided a latch element I 3, slidable on the member I, and having anupturned end M, which underlies the hook like portion l2, as seen inFig. 2. This latch element 13 isshown slidably secured to the member lby means of slot and rivet connection, designated as a whole I5.

In Fig. 5, I have shown the looking or fastening device in use forsecuring a door, designated D. The device is placed against the inneredge of the door frame, with the prongs 8, 8, driven into the frame, asindicated, with the device extending inwardly into the room, asindicated. Now as the door, D, is closed, it moves against the yieldingmember 9, compressing it until said door clears the end thereof,whereupon said member 9 springs outwardly into the position shown insaid Fig. 5, and the door is fastened. In order to open the door fromthe inside, the member 9 is compressed with the fingers sufliciently topermit the door to move past the same.

It will be understood that instead of driving the angular points intothe frame work of the door, the device may be placed at the place wherethe lock bolts will enter the door frame, as indicated by light brokenlines at It, indicating where the face or bolt plate is set into theinner face of the door frame, F.

In Fig. 6, I have illustrated how my device can be used to secure twowindow frames. The device is shown set against the inner face of theupper window sash or frame and struck thereinto, as at 8, said windowframe members being designated l8 and i9. As the lower frame I9 movesdownwardly, it compresses the member 9 of said device, until it passesthe same, whereupon said member 9 springs outwardly over the top of saidlower window sash and thus holds it down. In order to put the device inplace, as shown in Fig. 6, it is only necessary to lower the upper'sashbelow the lower sash and then move them to their normal positions, saiddevice being compressed to permit the window frame members to pass. Or,said device can be put in place on the upper sash before the lower sashis put into the frame, as desired.

I am aware that changes in the details of construction and arrangementcan be made in the device as here shown for illustrative purposeswithout departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not,therefore, limit the invention therefrom to a point opposite saidopening, said latter flat spring portion having its end bent to an anglethrough said opening, whereby it can be pressed fiatwise against saidfirst flat member with its angle end protruding through said opening,and a slide member on said first flat member slidable into interlockingengagement with the angle end of said second flat member on the oppositeside of said first member.

2. A fastener consisting of a fiat member having its end bent to anangle to form a holding prong and having a hole through its middleportion, a second flat member attached closely to said first member,fiatwise at its outer end and diverging therefrom toward said hole andhaving its end bent to an angle and through said hole and having itsinnermost end bent to another angle to prevent the endfrom being sprungoutwardly out of said hole, whereby said second fiat member can becompressed fiatwise against said first flat member, and a latch elementmovably mounted on said first fiat member on the opposite side from saidsecond fiat member and operable to interlock with the angle end of saidsecond fiat member through said hole, whereby said second flat membercan be held closed flatwise against said first flat member.

RAYMOND B. TAYLOR.

